1. ALCOHOL USE AMONG
COLLEGE STUDENTS
By: Ashley Escue

2. Menu
 “College Drinking, Drug Use Grows More Extreme”
 Summary
 Summary: Statistics
 Personal Reflection
 “Drinking Games Deadly to College Students”
 Summary
 Summary: Statistics
 Personal Reflection
 “College Students Use Alcohol as Way of Coping
with Social Anxiety”
 Summary
 Summary: Did you know?
 Personal Reflection
 Conclusion
 Works Cited

3. “College Drinking, Drug Use Grows
More Extreme”
By: Buddy T
 Summary
This article describes the results
of a four year study, titled
Wasting the Be st and the
Brig hte st: Substance Abuse at
Am e rica's Co lle g e s and
Unive rsitie s. Despite efforts to
prevent alcohol abuse in
colleges the study found that
these preventive efforts did not
work. Excessive drinking
among college students has
increased. University’s need to
work harder to prevent so many
college students to succumb to
the use of alcohol.
T, Buddy. (2009, March 23). College Drinking, Drug Use Grows More Extreme. Abo ut. Retrieved April
25, 2009, from http://alcoholism.about.com/od/college/a/casa070315.htm

4. Statistics
 49 percent% of full-time
college students binge drink
and/or abuse prescription and
illegal drugs each month.
 Students who "drink to get
drunk," rose 21 percent.
 Students who get drunk at
least three times a month,
increased 26 percent.
 1,717 deaths from
unintentional alcohol-related
injuries in 2001, up six
percent from 1998.
 A 21 percent increase from
2001 to 2005 in the average
number of alcohol-related
arrests per campus. In 2005,
alcohol-related arrests
accounted for 83 percent of
all campus arrests.
 97,000 students were victims
of alcohol-related rape or
sexual assaults in 2001.
BETWEEN 1993 AND2005 CONSEQUENCES
T, Buddy. (2009, March 23). College Drinking, Drug Use Grows More Extreme. Abo ut. Retrieved
April 25, 2009, from http://alcoholism.about.com/od/college/a/casa070315.htm
To see a graph of alcohol use among
housing type click the arrow.

5. Personal Reflection
"College presidents, deans
and trustees have facilitated
a college culture of alcohol
and drug abuse that is
linked to poor student
academic performance,
depression, anxiety,
suicide, property damage,
vandalism, fights and a host
of medical problems.”
A-Ha!
 University’s need to be stricter
in their alcohol use on campus
policies.
 We need to work to figure
out the reasoning behind the high
alcohol use stats among college students instead
of just
publishing numbers.
 We also need to find ways in which colleges
can
be more effective in their preventive efforts at
decreasing these statistics.
T, Buddy. (2009, March 23). College
Drinking, Drug Use Grows More
Extreme. Abo ut. Retrieved April 25,
2009, from
http://alcoholism.about.com/od/college/a/casa070315.htm

6. CLICKON THE GRAPH!

7. “Drinking Games Deadly to College Students”
By: Amy Forliti
 Summary
From beer pong to drinking 21
shots on your 21st
birthday,
drinking games lead some
college students to their
accidental deaths. College
student might not necessarily
drink more days than others, but
when it comes to binge drinking
(how much they drink during one
occasion), college students raise
the bar. One way they do this is
through drinking games.
Drinking games and binge
drinking can lead to alcohol
poisoning which in turn can lead
to death. In a study conducted
through 1999 to 2005, the
number of alcohol-poisoning
deaths doubled to 35 in 2005.
Forliti, Amy. (2008, July 7). Drinking Games Deadly to College Students. USATo day. Retrieved April
20, 2009
from http: //www. usato day. co m /ne ws/e ducatio n/20 0 8 -0 7 -0 7 -drinking -g am e s_ N. htm

8. Statistics
Alcohol Poisoning Deaths from 1999 to 2005:
 “Over the seven-year span, 83 of the college-age victims
were under the drinking age of 21.”
 “Victims drank themselves well past the point of oblivion
— with an average blood-alcohol level of 0.40%.”
 “The federal data showed deaths spiking on weekends.”
Forliti, Amy. (2008, July 7). Drinking Games Deadly to College Students. USATo day. Retrieved April 20, 2009
from http: //www. usato day. co m /ne ws/e duca tio n/20 0 8 -0 7 -0 7 -drinking -g am e s_ N. htm
CLICK ON THE
PICTURE!

9. Personal Reflection
“College students on
average drink only a little
more than adults in a
typical week or month, said
Scott Walters, an assistant
professor of behavioral
sciences at the University
of Texas School of Public
Health. But college
students "tend to save the
drinks up and drink them
all at once."
A-Ha!
 Teens and young adults should
know and understand the effects of
alcohol.
 But not only that, they should
know the signs (in the instance they choose
to drink or be around those that are drinking) of
alcohol
poisoning so they can call 911 and take proper
precautions to prevent death.
 Maybe not only teens and young adults should
be
more knowledgeable but other adults as well. That
way
we can better educate our children of the negative
effects and consequences.
Forliti, Amy. (2008, July 7).
Drinking Games Deadly to
College Students. USATo da y.
Retrieved April 20, 2009
from
http: //www. usato day. co m /ne ws/e du
catio n/20 0 8 -0 7 -0 7 -drinking -
g am e s_ N. htm

10. CLICKON THE GRAPH!

11. “College Students Use Alcohol as Way of Coping
with Social Anxiety”
By: Deanne Repich
 Summary
College students drink for various
reasons but one of the more
psychological reasons that they
drink is to deal with social
anxiety. Many college students
already feel the pressures of
everyday college life to the
extreme, but when it comes to
sociological factors many use alcohol
to
cope. Researchers are now studying
the
relationship between social anxiety
and
heavy drinking problems.Repich, Deanne. College Students Use Alcohol as Way of Coping with Social
Anxiety. Tale ntDe ve lo p. Retrieved April 20, 2008 from http://talentdevelop.com/articles/ColStudAlc.html

12. Did you know?
 Social anxiety affects 15% of Americans.
 A report done by the National Institute of
Health concluded that heavy or problem
drinking among college students is the
result of the psychological risk factor,
social anxiety.
 Drinking is tend to be looked at as a
stress reducer and relaxant among
problem drinkers.
 While low levels of alcohol of been
known to temporarily reduce stress,
consuming heaving amounts of alcohol
actually induces the stress response
studies now show.
Repich, Deanne. College Students Use Alcohol as Way of Coping with Social
Anxiety. Ta le ntDe ve lo p. Retrieved April 20, 2008 from http://talentdevelop.com/articles/ColStudAlc.html

13. Personal Reflection
“Social anxiety is the most
common type of anxiety
disorder and it affects 15%
of Americans. Social
anxiety, also known as
social phobia, is diagnosed
as overwhelming anxiety,
fear, and self-
consciousness in everyday
social situations. It triggers
a host of physical
symptoms, anxious
thoughts, and avoidance
behaviors.”
A-Ha!
 Social anxiety is
not only rooted in
psychological factors but also
personal environment and
surroundings can contribute to
the extremity at which one feels
anxiety.
 College often brings out many of the
angst that those with social anxiety feel.
 Alcohol is so abundant and easy to get
at college that it is seen as an easy outlet
to
escape the anxiety.
Repich, Deanne. College Students Use
Alcohol as Way of Coping with Social
Anxiety. Tale ntDe ve lo p. Retrieved April
20, 2008 from
http://talentdevelop.com/articles/ColStudAlc.ht
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14. So you might be
wondering…what’s the
conclusion of all of this?
Click on the
picture to find out!

15. DON’T DRINK! And
if you choose to do
so, do so
responsibly! You
can have fun other
ways without
drinking and
jeopardizing your life
and the lives of